A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-PLATE AND GLASS OIL LAMPS

MARK OF CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, THE GLASS RESERVES BY BACCARAT, CIRCA 1900

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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-PLATE AND GLASS OIL LAMPS
MARK OF CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, THE GLASS RESERVES BY BACCARAT, CIRCA 1900
Pavot model, the conical tripartite base and stem cast with large swirling leaves rising to a gadrooned knop and over-curling tendrils, surmounted by a ribbed glass sphere enclosed by rounded silver-plated leaves, the nozzle engraved 20 BEC METADOR / IMPORTE, electrified, with modern maroon and olive damask shades, marked on undersides, one numbered 1883613, the other numbered 1878799
22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) high, excluding electrical fitments

Provenance

Acquired from David Phillips.

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Lot Essay

The present model was first premiered by Christofle at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. An image of this model at the Exposition is reproduced in A. Duncan, The Paris Salon 1895-1914, Objets d'art & Metalware, Vol. 5, Woodbridge, 1999, p. 186.

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